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...warning to be prepared. And so, Cantor Fitzgerald and the other tenants and building managers of the World Trade Center tried to prepare. We took what we thought were exhaustive efforts to safeguard ourselves from any future incidents. Security at ground level and below was tightened. Stairways were rebuilt to make it easier for police and fire fighters to enter. Many businesses, including ours, worked on detailed disaster-recovery plans in the event we lost our buildings. And then life went on. Somewhere in the consciousness of those of us who worked in the Trade Center was the belief that...
Business inventories are lean and will be rebuilt at the first whiff of resurgent demand, and there's a pent-up need for capital equipment--especially technology to boost productivity. Two-thirds of U.S. corporate financial officers say their firms are spending cautiously on capital goods--or not at all--because of the Iraq conflict, according to a survey by Financial Executives International, a trade group, and Duke University. Lift that cloud, and managers will spend...
...Although many Asia hands advised Dillon to shoot in neighboring Thailand instead, he insisted that Cambodia, with its French-influenced architecture and postwar fragility, was a location that couldn't be substituted. "There are things you'd never worry about in other places?land-mine clearance, having roads rebuilt, getting real security," says Dillon. "But it's not like anywhere else, and I don't like it when people say that...
...What this may imply for the future is that there will be no quick fix for Iraq. After the Hussein dictatorship is deposed, the culture and economy of these people will have to be rebuilt from the most basic level...
...Chicago burned. It burned because the entire city was made of wood. This in itself was not remarkable; many cities of the time shared similar fates, and towns and villages all over the world were being constantly rebuilt. The surprising development of the Chicago fire came afterwards, when the city passed a law that banned the use of wood in the construction of new city buildings. This law was revolutionary at the time because at the time wood was by far the cheapest construction material. In order to make the alternatives of steel and brick economical, Chicago had to build...